Etah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Etah plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Etah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Uttar Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Etah's incremental SNDi fell from 4.22 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Etah ranked 156th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1099th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Saurimo, Angola
• Bologna, Italy
• Matamoros, México
• Haldwani, India
• Nha Trang, Vietnam
• Praia Grande, Brazil

In new street additions, Etah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Saurimo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Haldwani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Etah and Haldwani both became progressively more disconnected, while Saurimo became progressively more connected. Etah and Saurimo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.